Implementation of a novel peer review academy by Surgery and the Association of Women Surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A novel Peer Review Academy was developed as a collaborative effort between the Association of Women Surgeons and the journal Surgery to provide formal training in peer review. We aimed to describe the outcomes of this initiative using a mixed methods approach.

Methods

We developed a year-long curriculum with monthly online didactic sessions. Women surgical trainee mentees were paired 1:1 with rotating women surgical faculty mentors for 3 formal peer review opportunities. We analyzed pre-course and post-course surveys to evaluate mentee perceptions of the academy and assessed changes in mentee review quality over time with blinded scoring of unedited reviews. Semi-structured interviews were conducted upon course completion.

Results

Ten women surgical facult

SUBMITTER: Weaver ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10842028 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature